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Introduction to Control Room Management

Background

  Control Room Management (CRM) is a regulation issued by the United States Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) requiring operators of pipelines carrying natural gas, oil and hazardous liquids to follow industry best practices in their control rooms.

These regulations were issued following several pipeline incidents that led to loss of life or severe environmental impacts, where the control room operation was identified as a contributing factor.

Incidents

  To understand some of the errors that led to the development of the CRM regulations, I would suggest you review the 55-minute video “Anatomy of a disaster” on the Chemical Safety Board website. Several errors by the control room and in maintenance procedures led to a massive explosion that killed 15 and injured 180 people at the BP Texas City refinery. A Spanish version of the video is available further down the web page.

https://www.csb.gov/videos/anatomy-of-a-disaster/

Regulation links

  PHMSA CRM Site

https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/pipeline/control-room-management/control-room-management


CRM Rule 192.631 Gas Pipelines

https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=bc6f965564b0caa004e82eddfc1e529e&mc=true&node=se49.3.192_1631&rgn=div8


CRM Rule 195.446 Liquid operators

https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=282518466047bb5994fd54692b5e8588&mc=true&node=se49.3.195_1446&rgn=div8

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